Wooden Beer Case Plans

Materials Needed

1 - 2' X 4' X 3/8" Piece of plywood

1 - 26" X 24" X 1/8" Piece of Masonite (Peg board without holes)

Instructions

Cut all wood to the dimensions indicated above. Also follow the grain
of the wood indicated above. If you do not follow the grain of the
wood from above when you go to make the box joints the plywood will
splinter. For the box joints I used a router table with a box joint
jig. The router bit for the box joints is a twin edge 1/2" flute.
Make sure when you cut the box joints that you cut both sides of the
joint at the same time. This will ensure that both pieces will fit
together properly. You will also need to make a 3/8" groove in the
bottom of the case panels for the bottom to fit into. The groove
should be about 3/16" deep and 1/2" from the bottom. The inserts are
marked to the center of the cut. The cut on the inserts should be
about 1/8" wide. When measuring the 17" insert make the measurements
from the center of the board because, the outter insert box will not
be 2 7/8", it will be 2 3/4". The holes for the handles where made
with a 1 1/4" hole saw. When all the cuts have been made glue and
clamp the box together with a good wood glue. I did not make any top
for the box. That part is up to you.
Bruce DudekBruce.Dudek@att.comJanuary 9, 1994

PostScript file

A PostScript file version of this plan is also
available. If you want to print it out, I recommend the PostScript version
-- the drawing looks a lot nicer in it. The PostScript is what Bruce
originally sent me; I made this page by cutting the drawing from a Ghostscript
rendering of it. In Mosaic, choose the "Load to Local Disk" option before
clicking on the link, so you can save the file where you wish.
Spencer ThomasSpencer.W.Thomas@umich.edu